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PLEASE NOTEThe Literacy Shed website should ALWAYS be used under the supervision of an adult. There are some clips on the site which are only suitable for use with Year 6 children or KS3. Please ensure that children do not search the website independently.

The activities in this pack are designed to use with the following clip…

https://www.literacyshed.com/onceinalifetime.html

Other activities to do…

Collect verbs and adverbs to do with floating and sailing gracefully.

The children could write an ending to the story, where do these turtles take him?

Choose a different animal to come floating by, use ‘show, don’t tell’ to describe the animal rather than just saying what it is.

Create a sky map of where to find amazing creatures in the sky.

Design your own airship.


Before watching the film discuss the title ‘Once in a Lifetime.’ Asking what does it mean? What type of things happen once in a lifetime? Show the opening scene. Image of the airship in the sky. What colour is the sky? What mood or feeling does this give us? Can we describe the clouds? What is strange about this ship?

Pause the film after 12 seconds when the man has his hand on his face. What happened? What do we call the object that fell off his boat? How is the man feeling? Can we describe someone who is sad, only describing their actions?

Pause the film as the man looks through his telescope. What do you think was making that noise? What is he looking through? How do we spell telescope?

Pause as the turtle flies over his head How is the man feeling? What words can we think of to describe the turtle?

Pause at 58 seconds as the man lassoes the turtle. Ask the children to think about parts of a turtle. Which parts of a turtle can we name? Discuss that these are nouns. Think of two adjectives for each of these nouns. E.g. huge, round eye Pause the film at 1min 8 secs – when the turtle is towing the ship. How do you think the man is feeling now? Where do you think the turtle is taking the man?

Pause the film just after the rope snaps. How is the man feeling now? . What will happen next?

Watch the film until the endWhere do you think the turtle will take him? What type of story do you think this is? If you were telling the story which creature might you choose instead of a turtle? Why?

Note: there are no answers for these discussion questions.3


airship shadow rope sword

boxes goggles headscarf map

clouds telescope toolkit flying turtle

flyingelephants

propellers compass bag

Odd Ones OutWatch the clip. How many of these things can you spot. Tick them when you see them. You might need to watch the clip more than once. Some of these are not in the clip. Which are the odd ones out?

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Are you looking for adventure within your job? Does the thought of being paid for a ’once in a lifetime’ experience

excite you? Then this could be the job for you!

Job description Location

Working hours

Contact and closing date

Benefits

Can you create a job description for the job of sky explorer?


See Hear Smell Touch Taste

What might the sky explorer experience while standing on the deck of his boat in the sky?

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The Sky Turtle FlightThe sky turtle can breathe, and fly, very high in the sky. Sky turtles flap their flippers to thrust them through the air. Their thin shells and light bones make it easy for them to take off and stay in the air. Sky turtles can stay in the air for a long time. They need to eat insects as they fly. Sky turtles eat sun bees, flies and beetles.

SleepIt is important that sky turtles take it in turns to let the weakest in the group take naps. At night, they sleep in trees and use the empty nests of dragons to stay safe.

PredatorsSky turtles are part of the diet of air sharks. Their shells are no match for the teeth of an adult shark. Air sharks are very fast and can easily catch a tired turtle.


True False

Sky turtles flap their tails to thrust them through the sky. Sky turtles take short naps in the sky.

Sky turtles eat air sharks.

Sky turtles sleep in trees at night.

Q1 What kind of nests do the sky turtles sleep in at night?

_________________________________Q2 What do sky turtles eat?________________________________________________________________________________________________

Find a word that means the opposite of low.

Find a word that means the opposite of thick.

Find a word that means the opposite of full.

Find a word that means the opposite of strongest.


Can you colour each segment of the turtle a different colour so that no two colours are touching?


Can you draw the other half of the sky turtle and colour it in?


A tangram consists of 7 flat shapes. The object of the activity is to create a familiar shape using all 7 flat pieces. Cut out each coloured shape. Can you create a turtle? What other familiar objects/animals can you make?


If the sky explorer sees a sky turtle he gives himself 20 points. If he sees a cloud octopus he scores 10 points and if he sees an air shark he scores 5 points. Can you work out his scores over a week? Challenge: What is the total for the highest scoring day minus the lowest scoring day?

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205

Day Sky Shark Cloud Octopus

Sky Turtle Total

Monday 1 3 2Tuesday 2 0 5Wednesday 3 5 2Thursday 2 4 1Friday 0 3 4Saturday 4 7 3Sunday 2 0 5


Answer PageOdd Ones Out- Flying elephants, sword, map, toolkit, compass, bag.

Sky Turtle Questions

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Q1- Dragon’s nests

Q2-sun bees, flies and beetles.

True False

Sky turtles flap their tails to thrust them through the sky.

X

Sky turtles take short naps in the sky. X

Sky turtles eat air sharks. X

Sky turtles sleep in trees at night. X

Find a word that means the opposite of low.

High

Find a word that means the opposite of thick.

Thin

Find a word that means the opposite of full.

Empty

Find a word that means the opposite of strongest.

Weakest

Turtle Problem75, 110, 105, 70, 110, 150, 110

Challenge= 70

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